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Electric trucks and buses show massive sales growth in Europe – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

In the overall bus market, including long-haul interurban coaches, electric bus market share was “only” 22%—but that represents a five-fold increase in market share since 2019. In 2023, battery-electric transit buses made up 100% of purchases in Luxembourg, Ireland and Denmark, and 98% in the Netherlands.

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Solaris to deliver 14 bi-articulated 24m electric buses to Tide Bus Danmark

Green Car Congress

We were very glad to hear that Denmark would be the first country ever to receive delivery of electric Urbino 24 MetroStyle buses. —Petros Spinaris, member of the Management Board for Sales, Marketing and Customer Service. The 24-meter vehicle was presented to the public for the first time at Busworld Europe 2019 in Brussels.

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UQM Technologies to be acquired by Danfoss; ~$100M deal

Green Car Congress

has entered into a definitive merger agreement with the Danfoss Power Solutions (US) Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Denmark-based Danfoss A/S, under which Danfoss will acquire all outstanding common shares of UQM for $1.71 Danfoss, a privately-owned multinational company with reported sales of €5.8 UQM Technologies, Inc.

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2023 EV registrations in Europe surpass two million units, setting new record – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

In 2023, Europe’s auto market achieved its best sales since the pandemic, spurred partly by strong demand for EVs. Despite this, it is unlikely we will see volumes surpass the 15 million units recorded in 2019. Market share grew fastest in established EV markets Finland, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

Green Car Congress

In addition to the European car market recording tepid growth in 2019, CO 2 emissions have continued to increase, despite new regulation designed to curtail this, according to JATO Dynamics. Four of the five major markets in Europe posted higher averages in 2019 than in 2018. g/km of CO 2 in 2019, 14.3 —Felipe Munoz.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

Plug in America

For example, the market share for plug-in vehicles in Germany grew from 3% in 2019 to 13.5% By collaborating, sharing best practices, and ensuring EV drivers’ voices are heard in EV policy discussions worldwide, it’s possible to see rapid growth of EV sales globally. in 2020, and the UK market went from 3.2% in the same period.

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Markets Roundup December 2020

EV Sales

million units - After a negative first half of the year, the market rebounded in the second half and ended with a 9% growth regarding 2019. for the sports sedan, but its Tesla Model Y sibling is coming closer and should surpass it in 2021; * 328.000 units - A slight 4% increase over the 2019 result, allowing the market share to reach 2.3%.So

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